The Construction Tech Exec Exposing AI Vaporware
“I can make you something that looks like it’s really expensive, but it took me four hours.” Dustin Burns, SVP of Technology at McCownGordon Construction, on the software demo you just
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“I can make you something that looks like it’s really expensive, but it took me four hours.” Dustin Burns, SVP of Technology at McCownGordon Construction, on the software demo you just
This week’s briefing covers three things every construction leader should understand before they sign off on anything this year. David Gal from Samsara makes the argument that three quarters of
“Real AI is way more about how you do change management than picking the right technology.” That is Dr. Sarah Buchner, founder and CEO of Trunk Tools, on this week’s
You can vibe code software in a weekend. You can’t vibe code a decade of safety data. That was the throughline with Ben Leach and Andrew Barron of HammerTech. In
“How much money did we spend last year on small equipment?” That’s the one question David Gal, VP of Product & Engineering for ConnectedEquipment at Samsara, says stops most construction
This month’s recap covers what June 2026 actually meant for the industry, and it was not what anyone had pencilled in. The cheaper borrowing that stalled schemes were relying on
$95M raises, Palantir’s sovereignty play, and a debate that nearly boiled over. This one had everything. This week on Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we sat down with Alain Waha (CTO,
“Even the most digitized job sites still have a binder and a filing cabinet in the trailer.” — Juliana Richard Butler, Procore We sat down with Procore’s Director of Product
“We don’t see the real costs of AI.” That’s Jean-Marc Frangos, ex-BT in Silicon Valley, now running AI at Shimizu, one of Japan’s “Big 5” contractors, founded in 1804. We
This week’s briefing covers three conversations every construction leader should sit with. Ryan Maibach runs Barton Malow, a five billion dollar builder with over a hundred years of history. He
Ukraine’s reconstruction has been estimated at $588 billion by the World Bank’s Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5), although our guest argues the true figure is likely higher.In this episode
“WhatsApp’s the most successful construction technology tool ever built.” Half a joke, but only half. That’s what Prakash Senghani, Co-Founder and CEO of Navatech, told us on the latest Bricks
“I can make you something that looks like it’s really expensive, but it took me four hours.” Dustin Burns, SVP of Technology at McCownGordon Construction, on the software demo you
This week’s briefing covers three things every construction leader should understand before they sign off on anything this year. David Gal from Samsara makes the argument that three quarters of
“Real AI is way more about how you do change management than picking the right technology.” That is Dr. Sarah Buchner, founder and CEO of Trunk Tools, on this week’s
You can vibe code software in a weekend. You can’t vibe code a decade of safety data. That was the throughline with Ben Leach and Andrew Barron of HammerTech. In
“How much money did we spend last year on small equipment?” That’s the one question David Gal, VP of Product & Engineering for ConnectedEquipment at Samsara, says stops most construction
This month’s recap covers what June 2026 actually meant for the industry, and it was not what anyone had pencilled in. The cheaper borrowing that stalled schemes were relying on
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